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COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER, $1.50 YEAR
PRINEVILLE, CROOK COUNTY, OREGON, THURSDAY, AUGUST 5, 1909.
VOL. XIII-N0.34
Crook County
GR00K COUNTY
ANNUAL FAIR
Will be Held October
19 to 23 Inclusive
EVERYBODY HELP BOOST IT
Secretary J. !!. IUner Ready to
Give all Dcaired
Information.
J. II. llimer, woretiiry of Clio Flint
(Vn trill ()!.( ii Airrli iiliiirnl Amu-.
nttmi, wIhIhh to i the attention of
raiit'ti nifii. dtcK'kinen, Mliit'piiii'ii mill
others to tin niiniuil Crook County
Fair tlutt will lie In Id ut tlii fulr
KrotinilH ut l'riiu lll-, bfitliiiilng Oe-tolH-r
II) nml ending (Mobt r Zl. lie
want everybody to take n penuuiul
lllti rtut III It, ts'llfVlllg that this l
tho only way to have n fair worthy
of Hi mime. Now In tin time to put
atvny ample tin- bent you can
raise ho that your neighbor run mv
ut what you hi doing. If you
have better method mid gvt ttctter
rvsult than the other fellow tho
Crook County I'ulr I tlm place to
iiiiike riiiiipiirlMiiii mid swap e'rl
eiii'c. Thl la wlm t thufiilrh held
for. Ko If you lire to get the moat
out of It give liiH'il to what tin" mrv
tiiry Iimn to any.
An will Im- noticed liy reference to
the name of the fair, the old Central
Oregon Livestock & Agricultural An
ot'latlou han lieen merged Into the
First Centrnl Orvgoti Amoclntlon.
Thin merging prip-c will emilile the
county to gctiui nmiiiiil impropri
ation of f750 from the tate to he
applied to agricultural exhibit.
Thl additional mini will not lie felt
lit tho premium list thl year but It
I lioH'd lu the near future to offer
prlxen that will at tract the dent
product the county can raise aside
from the honor of rapturing the blue
ribbon. The premium thl year
will be the same an hud, The racing
program will be up to the utandard
whleii menu n long ntrinx nf outside
flyer will lie wen on the track. The
fair premium lint will be mulled to
Hiiy one wishing It Home time thl
mouth. It ran Ik1 had for the asking.
Kememlter, above till tlilnif. that If
you raise anything worth while,
nave It for the fair.
AgenU Wanted.
Kxchntlve territory given to live
genu fur the sale of Gloria IiinUulaiiH
on liithliiig yatem. Finall capital re
quired to handle the brut lighting
nynteiu made. For particular and in
formation addrena, the liialantitiieoii
Light Co., Salem, Ore. Areata for Oregon.
PORTER BROTHERS
NOT BLUFFING
They Intend to Build
Into Central Oregon
CANT BE B0UCHT OR BLUFFED
Have the Men and the Mean
to Put the Road Through
and Will Do It
Building np the iHwchutes by the two
rival roaila goe merrily on. Those who
thought the I'orter liroa. were trying to
run bluff are changing their mind.
John D. I'orter, one of the contractor,
vigorously denied, in an interview in the
Uregouian, that the Oregon Trunk Line
or hii firm, waa trying to hold up llarri
iiian. Mr, I'orter says:
"In the find place, I want it clearly
understood that we mean business and
are not building a pajxtr railroad or try
ing to hold up anybody else. The Ore
gon Trunk will build and complete it
line, ami will put It in oeration a
quickly a money and energy can do the
work. Iuatock it not for tale, and it
ennnot be bought off or bluffed off.
The intimation that we have offered to
ell out to the Harriman people ia abno
In ely without a particle of foundation,
o far a relate to any time since Porter
Ilrother have bad control of the stock
of the company. It may be that we
would have sold out wben we (bit got
our Block, but we formed our porp'iee to
build the road after a careful Intenti
gation of the poisibilitie of the proj
ect, and have never for mornetit con
templated dropping our plana,
"Another thing I would like t niaka
clear i that the Oregon Trunk wa or
ganized and ila turvey made and ap.
proved long before any other railroad
wa projected np the Deschutes. Hue
we have been Interested in the com
pany, now about a yeir, it ha acquired
nearly every foot or right of way it re
quire from private owner between the
mouth of the Denchute and Madrae
and ha paid the money and put it
deed of record. It ha presented it
urvey and map to the Secretary of
the Interior, and within a few week
they have been approved, ao that we
are in shape to go ahead.
"We have not been talking through
the newspapers or boasting of what we
will do in the future. We are content
to let our work thow for iUclf. We
have not aaked any subsidy or gift of
right of way. We have asked no favor
and have paid for what we wanted. At
toon a possible after getting permis
ion from the Wathington authorities
we have gone on w ith our construction
work and we will not quit until our
present ttretch of road. Home 130 miles,
la completed and in operation. Tben it
will be time enough to plan for other
thing.
Our Clearance Sale Extraordinary
h m , feP
We are determined to sell every piece of Summer Goods left in our house and to clear our decks for Fall Goods now
coming. We have therefore placed on sale, beginning Friday, July 24,
At Actual Wholesale Cost
Every Shirt Waist and Shirt Waist Suit, all white skirts, parasols, kimonas, white hose and millinery. In broken lines
we have reduced the price to a mere fraction of the actual cost to make sure everything will go. Do not let this pass
as we will not have another sale of such magnitude this season.
All Summer Dress Goods such as printed wash goods,
batistes, organdies, and fancy lawns al actual cost
White Hose and White Canvas Shoes for misses and
ladies. We have some siz.es which you can have at less than cost
as we want to close out every pair.
Laces and Embroideries at a big saving. Odds and ends
at less than cost to close.
Toilet Paper 6 rolls for 25c; letter grade 3 rolls for 25c,
We have many odds and ends ol Summer Skirts, Ladies' Dusters
etc that are included in this sale.
Goods will he marked in plain figures and we do not ask you to
buy unless you see a bargain.
Men's Department, Men,s straw hats in dressy shapes, and a
few suits in latest styles, at cost.
Boys' Summer Suits, in Knickerbocker pants, Boys' Shirt
Waists, Boys' Straw Hats, all at cost.
The "College Girl" Corset
Only one ol the many, styles
we handle. We fit any size
and style ligurc ,
Shoe Bargains
Odd pairs of Men's and Women's Tan Shoes,
regular $4.00 to $5.00 values, at - - $2.25
Children's Moccasins, reaular 1.25 at 85c
Ladies' While Canvas Oxfords,
Children's sizes, while Oxfords
1.45
1.00
90 cents and up
. 75 cents
Summer Dress Goods
Batistes, regular 15 cent grade reduced to 9 cents per yard
Batistes lGJcent " " 12 cents per yard
Percales', regular at 121 cents reduced Ito - - - 9 cents '"!
Percales, , " 15 " " - ' - - 10 cents"
Fancy Ginghams, regular 25 cent grade reduced to 17 cents per yard
W & Heavy Printed Ducks in stripes reduced to 12J cents per yard
$ Mercerized Summer Silks regular at 57 cents, now 37 cents
HANDSOME SHOPPING BAGS GIVEN AWAY
During this sale we will present with each purchase amounting to $5.00 or more in departments advertised in this sheet a
Large, Handsome Fishnet Shopping Bag a useful article to every lady. This applies to any purchase made between now
and AUGUST 10.
C. W. ELKINS, Prineville, Oregon
"l am not here to criticine aomeone
elae, bat I cannot but call attention to
the fact that the people that are now
getting ao active in opoei(ion to na
might have built the line to Cen'ral
Oregon any time during the pat 1 25
yeara, but they did not attempt to do
ao until they aaar ui In the field. Now
they have not a aingle deed to right of
way, but they are playing the aame
game they did on the North Bank sou
on the Elgin branch and elsewhere.
Tiiey g'-t very buay when aomeone darea
to treepaa an their private preserve.
Doea anyone in Oregon auppoee the
Harriman force woulj be actively at
work on the Deachute today if it were
not that we were there building a rail
road?
"We were there first, we have our
r'gnt of way, we have money enough to
build our line, and we will put in a rail
road that will be a credit to our re po
tation. I will give you few item for
comparison, so that you can see whether
we are fakera and hoi J-up men, a we
have been represented to be. At point
of conflict we are making 18-foot road-'
bed and 18 foot cuts, and are holding to
a maximum curvature of aix degrees,
and a maximum grade of five-lenths per
cent. The opposition is working on 14-
foot cuta, 14-foot embankment and 14
to 17 degree curvet, with steep adverse
grades ; and to any railroad man these
grades and curves of the Harriman sur
vey will readily appear to be intetide 1
(or no other purpose but to block our
work. Their present survey is little, if
any, better than their Ktianiko line.
"One thing more the people ought to
know. Harriman agents are now in the
field trying to get laiid owner from
whom we have deeds to give them quit
claim deeds on top of our right-of-way,
offering them bonds to protect them
from litigation, and big price tor the
quit claim deedH. This I precisely the
plan they practiced on the Elgin branch
a few yeai ago. But they will find
that our surveys and our deeds are
prior in time and that we are no quit
ters. They have occupied every pass
into Central Oregon for years, keeping
other out of the field. But what tbe
people of this state want, and what we
will give them before we are through,
is a good railroad to the interior not
controlled by Mr. Harriman.
"It may te proper for me to add that
the rumor that the Hill system is be
hind our enterprise, is entirely unfound
ed. Ttie Oregon Trunk has no relations
with Mr. Hill whatever.
"There is absolutely no truth in the
statement that we waited nntil the Har
riman people began before we went on
with our work. As soon as our route
was approved by tbe Interior Depart
ment, we began assembling our outfit,
and we were not surprised to see the
opposition hurry men and surveyors to
the front to block as We are paying
no attention to them, but have several
camps started, ana witnm a week will
have over 500 men on the work. We
are able to take care of ourselves and do
not fear opposition. There is room fcr
two railroads np the Deschutes if need
be, but we selected this route first and
do not mean to be crowded out."
ALL KINDS OF
PLOTS TRIED
Moves and, Counter
Moves Planned.
FIRST ONE SIDE AND THEN THE
Other Has the Best of it It
is Hoped that Matters May
Be Soon Straightened.
Move and counter moves, plot and
counter plots seem to be tbe regular
thing between the two opposing railroad
forces in tbe Deschutes canyon. On
Saturday last Harriman attorney se
cured an injunction against the Porter
Bros, to prevent a disturbance of tbe
verbal agreement between Twohy Bros,
and the owners of the bind along the
disputed wagon road.
The complaint in tbe proceedings
places th) amount of damage so far
suffered by the Deschutes Railway
Company by Porter Bros.' week' block
ade at $1000. The complaint recite
that tbe Deschutes Railroad Company
is engaged in the botinesa of building a
railroad from the mouth of the Des
chutes to Redmond; that the banks of
tbe river in place are from 1500 to 2000
feet above tbe level of the river, and
that because of the formation of the
country, it is ix possible to reach the
line of the railroad from adjacent points
except in a few places. It is farther re
lated that it ia necessary for, the com
pany to construct a tunnel through a
described neck of land in Sherman
county, and that the nearest accessible
point for delivering supplies and ma
terial ia Grass Valley, and that it is
necessary to the construction camps
there to have the f applies delivered
over certain described lands belonging
to Roy J. Baker, Fred Mnrtie and L. R.
French and B. F. Downing, who aie
named as co-defendants.
It Is alleged in the complaint that on
July 10 the Deechutes Railroad Com
pany entered into en orl graoniit
with the landowners named, by the
term of which the landowner agreed
to permit the company to use a road
heretofore traveled across their lands
as long as the company might desire.
The injunction is returnable within 10
days after service at the county
seat of Sherman county.
No Attention Paid
To Injunction
Settlers' Grievances
Are Very Slight
Grievances of jettlers cn the Dee
chutes irrigation project are slight, says
Attorney General Crawford, who has
returned from an investigation into the
conditions In the Deschutes valley.
The land board bad listened to consider
1 able evidence in regard to the Deschutes
Irrigation fe Tower Company' diffi
culties, but it was for tbe most part cor
poration difficulties, brought about by a
change in directorship and assignment
of interests says a Salem dispatch to the
Journal.
The entire land board, which consists
of the governor, secretary of state, state
treasurer, state engineer and attorney
general, had contemplated making the
investigation, but as various matters
detained the other members of the
board only Mr. Crawford visited the
project this week.'
"Two main difficulties are being ex
perienced by the settlers," says the at
torney, general. "Thcsa who have
more land than the water with which
they are supplied will irrigate, and
thoae who have not enough land for the
amount of water they have at their dis
posal.
"It will be the endeavor of the board
to bring about equalization-of the water
supply and force the company q make
a more satisfactory distubution or make
refunds to the settlers. Otherwise the
conditions in the valley are very satis
factory."
A. M. Diake, former promotor of the
irrigation project, Is trji'ig to compel
the irrigation company to take its water
from the river below Bend instead of
from above that city, according to a
contract which he says he has made
with the corporation. This has caused
the grentest trouble. Until this matter
is settled the land board will continue to
have its hands full. The construction
of a new feed canal would bring ad
ditional coat upon the irrigation com'
oanv.
Attorney General Crawford, says the
rumors that Harriman and Hill are
fighting for a right of way through the
vallev has enlivened thines in the val
ley, and if such a railroad as is proposed
is built, it will not only mean a great
boon to the Deschutes valley but totue
entire state.
Disproportionate numbers waa the
only thing; that prevented a clash
between tbe Harriman and Porter
Bros, forces on the Deschutes Sun
day. A staff correspondent of the
Oregonlan writing from Grass Val-
ley says that in spite of the injunc
tion issued In the circuit court Satur
day Porter Bros, today (Sunday;)
put 75 men, armed with plckhandles,
ashandlea and In a few instances
guns, on . guard at the locked en
trance to the Gurtx ranch. Again
Twohy Bros, sent teams to the
trout, and again they brought them
bark with wagons loaded, but the
return was not made until after one
four-mule freight wagon and n pack
train of three horses had been forci
bly ejected from the ranch bv the i5
men. The ejectment was accom
plished without the breaking of any
heads or the injury ol any one, by
unhitching the mules from the first
wagon through the gate and the
men Dullinsr the wasron out back
ward. Owing to being overwhelm
ed bv numbers, the Twohy drivers
had to submit.
. It is the contention of Johnson
Porter, who arrived on the scene
Sunday morning, that there has not
been sufficient service of the injunc
tion to put it into force. The In
junction was served iRst night on
Superintendent Griffin, who is the
Grass Valley representative of Porter
Bros., and another copy was also
served on the regular gateman at tho
ranch.
Griffin Immediately cot into com
munication with Mr. Porter by tele
phone, a short time later left on
horseback for the camps In the can
yon. The men there were pulled out
of bed at midnight and placed on
guard at the gateway, reaching
there about 3 a. in. Pack horses
brouclit their meals to them from
the cookhouses In the canyon.
The great percentage of Porter
Bros.' force was composed of Itali
ans under Tony, Scarpelll. Every
man had a weapon of some kind
The men spent the hours before day
light dozing before sagebrush fires,
while a few performed picket duty,
The first of the Twohy outfit to
reach the guarded gate was a packer
riding on a horse and leading two
others laden with supplies for the
ennip of Englueer Raven. This
packer did not even enter Into con
versation with the men who were
grouped back of the gate on the
Guru bind, but awaited the arrival
of the freighting teams.
The wagons, nine In nuinlier, and
each drawn by four malea, arrived
at the gate in advance of Sheriff
Freeman, Attorney E. V. Llttlefleld
and a deputy sheriff. The teamsters
halted at the gate and attempted to
"josh" the Italians, but could get
little response.
The force of the Harriman con
tractors was only eight or ten.
counting the sheriff and deputy
sheriff. Judge Llttlefleld was the
spokesman. He demanded to know
who was boss of tbe crowd, and
Carleton stepped forward. "1 sup.
pose yon are here to try to prevent
our passing over this road?" said
Judge Little field.
I have to Inform you that an or
der of court has been Issued order
ing the opening of this gate and we
Intend to open It. I warn you that
I have the sheriff and his depnty
with me and that the first man who
exerts violence will be arrested."
"Well," said Carleton, "We are
not here to prevent your cutting tbe
wires If you want to, but we Intend
to stop your teams If they try to go
through. My Instructions are not
to use any violence, but to prevent
your teams passing over this land."
"Well, we Intend to take these
teams through that gate," remarked
Judge Llttlefleld, and he Instructed
one of the To why men to cut the
wires. The gate was opened with
out tbe use of plier by untwisting
the top wire and slipping the pad
locked chain over the top of the post.
The Porter men did not offer any
resistance to this, but as the leading
Towhy team started toward tbe
opening, Carleton called out: "Kour,
men, no violence."
The leaders of the four-mule team
bad hardly put their noses through
the gate before the 75 Italians were
swarming around their heads.
Sheriff Freeman and ' his deputies
who were in advance were brushed
aside like flies. Men seized the bit of
each animal and others jnmped for
tbe traces and tried to unhook them.
The swarm of men around the mules
was pushed on for about 15 feet by
the urging of the driver, but control
of the animals was then gained by
the Italians, and the wagon stopped
a"TeW TWft tusiite'tmr-
mules were then completely unhitch
ed and tied to the side of the wagon. '
Just as the rear wheels of the wag
on cleared the gate the packer with
his train slipped by and attempted
to execute a flank movement through
tbe wheat field which adjoins each
side of the road. He had a fair start
before detected by the Italians, but
a dozen or 15 took after him and one
threw a pickhandle, which struck the
rider's horse. The packer was out
distancing his shouting pursuers ex
cept a negro, who caught tbe third
horse by the tail, then the second
horse stumbled and the leading rope
was pulled loose. This halted the
pack train and the rider and loaded
animals were brought back to the
gate.
That no one was hurt during the
encounter was due to the over
whelming numbers in the Porter
forces. The Italians, gaining confi
dence when the scarcity of men with
the Towhy teams was shown, put
down their plckhandles In many
Instances. Sheriff Freeman did not
attempt to make any arrests. After
a while, Porter's men were instruct
ed to back the wagon out of the en
closure. One of Twohy's men was
sent to look for water, the intention
being to hold the teams there for a
decision by the company's represent
ative in Grass Valley. An hour's
search of ranches brought no relief
and the teams were turned back to
Grass Valley.
School of Quality.
A well-written advertisement ap
pearing In this Issue of the Journal is
that of the Portland Business Col
lege. This institution has adopted
The School of Quality" as its
slogan.. This Is a suggestive senti
ment, and one that means much to a
student who will enter Into its full
spirit. Persons who are Interested
in a pructlcal education will do well
to write for a catagogue of the Port
land Business College. It is an at
tractive publication, containing
specimens of penmanship, samples of
business forms, etc., in addition to
full particulars about the several
courses of study taught, with rates
of tuition for each. It Is eent free to
any address on application.
Posts Wanted.
Sealed bids will be received by E.
W. Nelson, general manager of the
Pilot Butte Telephone Co., for 20
tamarack posts 35 feet long and not
less than 6 Inches at top; 10 tam
arack posts 35 feet long and not less
than 7 inches at top ; must be
straight and sound; contractor to
get the permit.. Posts must be peeled
and delivered in Prineville by Sep
tember 1st. Bids opened August 15.
The right Is reserved to reject any or
all bids. Address E. , W. Nki.son,
General Manager, Post, Or. 8-5-2w